Dealing with new words

Skimming

KINDS OF READING

Summaries

· The book is about …

· The book narrates the events of ….

· The book tells of/ relates the adventures of….

· The book describes the life (of) in….

· The book follows the events that …..

· The book discusses the relationship between….

· The book refers to/deals with ….

· The book is largely concerned with ….

· The book gives/offers an account of…

· The author observes the people ….

· The author chronicles/records the events ….

· The author provides information on …

· The story gives a picture of….

· The novel centres on the ….

· The story is told/narrated by one of the characters.

· The story is told in the first person.

· The story is presented in the words of the author.

· The story is told from the point of view of….

· The story is told through the eyes of….

· The first part of the book deals largely with…

· At the start/outset of the novel the main character ….

· In the early chapters the author ….

· In later chapters … is explored more fully.

· The later half (of the book) concerns with ….

· At the end of the book the author centres his attention on…

· At the end of the book the reader’s attention is drawn to…

· The end of the story finds the protagonist ….

· The opening chapter describes how…

· The chapter opens on the day when ….

· The chapter opens with … discussing…

· Shortly afterwards, the main character learns that …

· Soon it is made clear that….

· In addition, he becomes involved in….

· Later on he goes to say…

· Eventually, their relationship fails

· The chapter ends with ….. (ing-form)

· Skim through the following text in order to get the

general idea of …

· I want you to look for the gist of the passage in

as short time as possible.

· Read the paragraph quickly/Skim through the

paragraph to determine the central idea.

· What is the passage about?

· What does the passage centre on?

· Can you give me the main idea/s of the passage in

a nutshell?

· Can you summarize the last paragraph?

· What single word explains the central idea of the

paragraph/passage?

· After you skim though the text, turn the page.

· Read these statements. Are they false or true?

· Tick the true statement.

· Put a tick next to the correct statement.

· First skim through the passage. Then try and

answer these comprehension questions.

· Don’t look back at the passage.

· You can spend 5 minutes on this.

· After you skim through this passage, turn to Ex. 5.

· In the passage you are going to skim you will probably

have a number of new words/words you don’t know.

· Don’t stop to look up the new words, but try to

understand the main points.

· Concentrate on what the writer is going to say, not on

the words.

· Even if there are many new words, it is important not

to panic.

· You will probably be able to understand them if you

look carefully at the context of each word.

· I think you will be able to understand the new word if

you look at the sentence the word is in and the sentences that

come before and after it.

· The form of the word, its suffix or prefix may also help

you.

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